This week, HelpAge International is launching the first Disaster Risk and Age Index, ranking 190 countries across the world on the disaster risk faced by older people, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai. [...]
The Disaster Risk and Age Index ranks 190 countries across the world on the disaster risk faced by older people. This report helps to measure and assess countries' progress in supporting older populations in respect of disaster risk, highlighting [...]
In Our Own Words is a new report from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) in which older people talk about the ageism, discrimination and denial of human rights that they are subjected to in their everyday life. [...]
This policy paper: (i) provides a global overview of the organization of pension systems, their coverage and benefits, as well as public expenditures on social security, in 178 countries; (ii) analyses trends and recent policies, e.g. extension of coverage [...]
Age International's flagship publication 'Facing the facts: the truth about ageing and development' brings together 25 high profile thought leaders, development experts and academics to discuss the impact of an ageing world on international development. Facing the facts contains [...]
January 2015 - Australia The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Volume 30 Issue 1, 2015 reported the role of older people as a key to success in rebuilding Haiyan-affected communities. The story is based on the report entitled Typhoon Haiyan one year [...]
From 27 to 28 January 2015, HelpAge International East Asia Pacific Regional Office, in collaboration with the Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, held the regional workshop Community-based social care: What is the role of the State? [...]
This briefing describes how demographic and societal transformations in east and south-east Asia are increasing demand for care of older people while constraining the supply of caregivers, and suggests ways to respond. Language: English Published: HelpAge International, East Asia [...]
26 January 2015 - Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar kicked off the new year by adopting a new strategy that attempts to provide a social safety net to all its citizens for the first time. Created in consultation with various development [...]
15 January launch of Action/2015 – a global citizens movement demanding ambitious agreements on poverty, inequality and climate change in 2015. HelpAge International is joining Action/2015, a global citizen’s movement, to call on leaders to raise their ambitions [...]
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